taiko
Traditional Japanese drum
Taiko are large Japanese drums, barrel-shaped and played with wooden sticks called bachi.
The word refers both to the instruments and to the style of ensemble drumming that became a performing art in the twentieth century.
Taiko performances combine powerful rhythms with choreographed movement: The taiko ensemble opened the festival with thundering drums.
Japanese animistic tradition
- shrineSacred devotional place
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- kaguraJapanese sacred shrine dance
- sacredWorthy of reverence
kami · gods · ancestors · purification · offering · temple · Buddhism · priest
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- pulseArterial blood throb
- maCasual term for mother
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
pattern · groove · meter · swing · don · polyrhythmic · cadence · downbeat
Raised performance platform
- concertLive musical performance
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- energyPower to do work
intensity · stamina · sweat · stance · strike · impact · crescendo · finale
Martial arts movement pattern
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- formationCreation or arrangement
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
interlock · soloist · troupe · group · synchronization · dynamics · staging · movement
Sacred devotional place
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- yukataLight Japanese cotton garment
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
celebration · summer · community · procession · street · neighborhood · tradition · seasonal
bachi
stave · tension · stand · mallet · drumstick · wood · oak · rope · tacks · rim
Shinto
Japanese animistic tradition
- shrineSacred devotional place
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- kaguraJapanese sacred shrine dance
sacred · kami · gods · ancestors · purification · offering · temple · Buddhism · priest · prayer
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
syncopation · pattern · groove · meter · swing · don · polyrhythmic · cadence · downbeat · measure
stage
Raised performance platform
energy · intensity · stamina · sweat · stance · strike · impact · crescendo · finale · audience
kata
Martial arts movement pattern
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- formationCreation or arrangement
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
polyrhythm · interlock · soloist · troupe · group · synchronization · dynamics · staging · movement · arrangement
shrine
Sacred devotional place
lanterns · celebration · summer · community · procession · street · neighborhood · tradition · seasonal · portable
- drumsbass drum, bongo, tambourine, snare, snare drum
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido
- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- Asian artskabuki, noh theater, Peking opera, Beijing opera, Chinese opera
- folk artstribal art, folk opera, folk theater, Celtic knotwork, Navajo weaving
- taiko drumsTraditional Japanese barrel percussion
- taiko drummingJapanese ceremonial percussion art
- taiko drummerJapanese drum performer